THE SUN!!!
Math and Observation
Gravity and Blood
The difficult stuff
100
He said the sun was at the center of the universe.
Who is Ptolemy?
100
He used math to prove Copernicus was right.
Who is Kepler?
100
He explained WHY the planets revolve around the sun.
Who is Newton?
100
During the Renaissance, the world began to grow more this and less spiritual.
What is secular?
200
It means earth centered.
What is geocentric?
200
Kepler developed these three things.
What are planetary laws of motion?
200
Newton's answer to why the planets go around the sun was this.
What is gravity?
200
During this particular era of which we have just talked, religious thought, magic, and the ideas of the ancients began to be more intensely questioned.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
300
He declared the sun is at the center of the solar system.
Who is Copernicus?
300
Many consider him to be the father of modern astronomy.
Who is Kepler?
300
Under Newton's theory, God becomes this.
What is a clockmaker who winds up the universe and allows it to move by universal laws of motion?
300
The Scientific Revolution changed the way people viewed the world and their place in it by its emphasis on this.
What is Reasoned Observation and Systematic Thought?
400
It is the Greek word for sun.
What is "helios"?
400
He built a telescope and his observations helped prove Copernicus' theory.
Who is Galileo?
400
Newton showed a prism could do this.
What is separate white light into a spectrum of colors?
400
They summarize the importance of the scientific revolution.
What is 1. Emphasis on reason and systematic observation of nature 2. Formulation of the scientific method 3. Expansion of scientific knowledge ?
500
He was the Titan Greek god of the sun
Who is Helios?
500
As a result of his discoveries, the Inquisition sentenced Galileo to this.
What is house arrest?
500
He was first to discover blood was pumped through the body by the heart?
Who is William Harvey?
500
In the scientific method, one starts with a hypothesis and tests that hypothesis with this.
What is an experiment?